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Recipe: Homemade Whole-Wheat Pizza

I got this recipe from a friend of a friend and it turned out really good! Making the dough ourselves took a little extra time, but my daughters loved helping me and once it was done everyone scarfed it down (including me). I had to make one change to the recipe by mixing my liquids in a separate bowl b/c my food processor leaked the first time, but other than that it was super easy.

In food processor put the pouch of yeast in 1 cup of warm water and then let the yeast go to work for a few min. It should foam up a little. Add the salt and olive oil then pulse together. Add in flour (and flax if you are using) and turn on the machine.

You should end up with a ball chasing itself around the food processor (if it is too dry add warm water a tsp at a time if too wet add flour 1 tsp at a time). Remove the ball from your food processor and knead into a smooth ball. Put the dough into a large ziplock or bowl covered with plastic wrap (put a touch of olive oil in and coat the inside of the bag/bowl first) then leave it in fridge for as little as 1 hour or overnight depending on how much time you have. It will rise on it’s own in the fridge.

When ready to make pizza roll it out then you can let it sit 10 min. so you can roll it out more and shape it (I personally didn’t wait the extra 10 – we can’t always pre-plan around here!). Then put on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with cooking oil and top with homemade or organic tomato sauce, cheese and other toppings of your choice. Bake in a hot oven (500 degrees) for about 8 – 10 min. or longer if you like a crisper crust.

I loved this recipe!! However, I’ve found that if I follow your instructions (pulse the water/yeast mixture), all of the liquid seeps out my food processor through the hole in the center of the bowl where the blade sits. I bought a KitchenAid 9-cup food processor for the purpose of making THIS recipe, but the liquid went everywhere and I ended up having to start over, then stir the flour into the water before turning it on. What kind of processor do you have? Have you run into this issue when making your dough? And heaven forbid I try to DOUBLE your recipe… I posted on my blog about the trouble I had. You can read it here: http://bit.ly/9WJumR.

I don’t know about Lisa, but I made this dough in my Kitchen Aid stand mixer, with the dough hook attachment. I only have a little mini 3-cup food processor (though a bigger one is on my wishlist!), so I knew that would never work. I’ve always used my stand mixer for dough, and it worked beautifully.

That happened to me too (which I noted in the first paragraph before the recipe). I guess I will change the recipe so no one else has the same problem (I originally thought the problem was just me or my machine!)